Magento add Bestseller products by date range
Here is how to get a collection of products best sold in a given date range
01.<ul>02.<?php03.$from = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", (time()-2592000));04.$to = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", time());05.06.$_productCollection= Mage::getResourceModel('reports/product_collection')07.->addAttributeToSelect('*')08.->addOrderedQty($from, $to, true)09.->addAttributeToFilter('status', 1)10.->setOrder('ordered_qty', 'desc')11.->getSelect()->limit(10)->query();12.13.foreach ( $_productCollection as $prod ) :14.$_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product');15.$_product->load($prod['entity_id']);16.($i%2) ? $even = "class='even-li'" : $even = "";17.?>18.<li <?php echo $even ?>>19.<div><a href="<?php echo $this->getUrl($_product->getUrlPath()) ?>"title="View <?php echo $_product->name ?>"><img src="<?php echo $this->helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'image')->resize(48); ?>"alt="<?php echo $_product->name ?>" /></a>20.<a href="<?php echo $this->getUrl($_product->getUrlPath()) ?>"title="View <?php echo $_product->name ?>"><?php echoMage::helper('core/string')->truncate($_product->name, 50) ?></a>21.<p><?php echoMage::helper('core/string')->truncate(strip_tags($_product->description), 130); ?></p></div>22.</li>23.<?php24.endforeach;25.?>26.</ul>